About Islands People

Mr. J. L. Lillecrappe, of the N.G. Ad ministration’s Agricultural Demonstra tion Plantation at Keravat, arrived in Australia in May on a hurried business visit to South Australia.

Captain G. Blum, formerly of the New Guinea inter-island steamer “Bremer haven” (now “Island Trader”), has taken over the command of the “Fri derun”, replacing Captain Rhinehart.

The latter vessel carries on a regular service between Hong Kong, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.

Father Puff, of the Devine Word Mis sion at Wewak, New Guinea, reached Sydney by the “Macdhui” on May 26 to spend his first holiday for nine years.

Rev. Sailor Gabey, of the Torres Strait Mission, has been appointed chap lain to the Mitchell River Mission, North Australia.

Mr. K. A. Stuart, 8.A., LL.B., form erly of New Zealand, has joined the legal firm of Chalmers and Rice, Lau toka, Fiji. He was admitted as a bar rister and solicitor of the Supreme Court

of Fiji by his Honor the Chief Justice, Mr. O. C. K. Corrie), in May.

Rev. J. F. Surr, a member of the ad ministrative staff of the Melanesian Mis sion at Tulagi, 8.5.1., passed through Sydney early in June en route to New Zealand, where he will spend short fur lough. Mr. Surr will return to Tulagi by the “Southern Cross” at the end of September.

Mr. N. B. Casey, Superintendent of Prisons in Fiji, accompanied by Mrs.

Casey, left Suva for England on leave by the last “Aorangi”.

Mr. J. Hinton, of the Bank of N.S.W. at Salamaua, New Guinea, sailed for Queensland on short furlough by the May “Macdhui”.

Mr. B. St. J. Fisher, Registrar General and Registrar of the Supreme Court of Fiji, and Mrs. Fisher are at present en route to England on leave.

Mr. Harry Horne, who is an employee of Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., at Wau, New Guinea, recently arrived in Aus tralia by the “Macdhui” on short fur lough.

Miss E. Reeks passed through Sydney early in June en route to Papua, where she will be married to Rev. D. Taylor, Priest-in-Charge of the Australian Board of Missions station at Wanigela.

Mr. C. Page, store manager of W. R.

Carpenter & Co., Ltd., Kavieng, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney by the “Macdhui” at the end of May.

Rev. J. D. Bodger, Priest-in-Charge of Dogura, Papua, head station of the New Guinea Mission, is expected to visit Australia in August.

REV. F. H. DELBRIDGE, B.A., and his wife.

DR. DELBRIDGE, will sail from Sydney for Fiji by the “Mariposa” on June 24, with their two children. Mr. Delbridge has been ap pointed superintendent of the Ba Circuit by the Methodist Mission, and Dr. Delbridge will take charge of the Mission hospital for In dian women and children at Ba.

Photo, by courtesy “Mission Review”.